Kindergarten Language Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Cultivate phonemic awareness, decoding skills, sight words, reading fluency, and comprehension
• Teach integrated spelling, handwriting, and grammar
• Utilize leveled reading texts

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Daily 5, a framework that fosters literacy independence
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including friendly letter and “I Like…” prompts
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Read Well reading curriculum

Kindergarten Mathematics Course Offering

What we do

• Learn number sense, skip counting, odd & even numbers, graphing and place value
• Explore sorting, positioning, and patterning, comparing, representing, and reading numbers
• Learn components of time and measurement, capacity, comparing weights, money, addition, and subtraction
• Computer science: coding

How we do it

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps

Kindergarten Science Course Offering

What we do

• Focus on the senses, weather, animals, living and non-living, wood, paper, and exploring the environment
• STEM: (PLTW) Structure and Function: Exploring Design

How we do it

• Structure and Function: Exploring Design, Pushes, and Pulls, Structure, and Function: Human Body and Animals and Algorithms.

Kindergarten Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Study self, family, and community
• Discuss community helpers
• Learn individual responsibilities and how to make positive choices

How we do it

• Social Studies Alive, a curriculum used to introduce students to the concept of self, family, and community.
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song), and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Kindergarten Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Utilize Spanish language immersion
• Explore the basics of foreign language learning: numbers, colors, shapes, animals, weather, and greetings
• Introduce simple phrases and vocabulary
• Employ repetition of songs, rhymes, and stories so students can hear and easily mimic the rhythm and pronunciation of the language

How we do it

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Sequential learning: listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists, and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as an acrylic painting on canvas and Sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Kindergarten Music Course Offering

What we do

• Learn proper percussion instrument playing techniques
• Practice singing and matching pitch both in group and individually
• Connect to music through dance
• Introduce the families of instruments in an orchestra
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Connect music with classroom curriculum
• Begin recognizing musical note values
• Use music and storytelling techniques to understand the qualities of performance

How we do it

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Kindergarten Physical Education Course Offering

What we do

• Play age-appropriate games that focus on locomotor skills: walking, galloping, jumping, hopping, side-sliding, leaping, and skipping
• Use equipment such as hula hoops, bean bags, balls, and jump ropes to learn tossing, striking, and catching
• Practice thorough movement skills incorporating spatial awareness

How we do it

• Comprehensive program with a strong emphasis on fitness and fun through fundamentals
• Development of self-confidence to participate in various forms of physical activities
• Twice weekly participation in PE

Grade 1 Language Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Practice phonemic awareness, decoding skills, reading fluency and comprehension
• Teach integrated spelling, handwriting and grammar
• Utilize leveled reading texts

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Daily 5, a framework that fosters literacy independence
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including narrative, informational, and procedural writing
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Read Well reading curriculum

Grade 1 Mathematics Course Offering

What we do

• Explore number sense, number concepts, addition and subtraction
• Learn data and graphing, geometry and fractions, probability, place value up to 100, order and comparison, patterns, time and money measurement, and multiple digit addition and subtraction
• Computer science: coding

How we do it

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps

Grade 1 Science Course Offering

What we do

• Explore modules about insects, weather, balance and motion, and things that grow
• STEM: (PLTW) Animal Adaptations and Animated Storytelling

How we do it 

• Light and Sound, Light: Observing the Sun, Moon and Stars, Animal Adaptations, and Animated Storytelling.

Grade 1 Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Explore the surrounding community
• Focus on relating to others, roles and occupations, rights and responsibilities within the community, cultural values and practices, and the importance and functions of various services

How we do it

• Social Studies Alive, a curriculum used to introduce students to the concept of self, family and community
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song) and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Grade 1 Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Utilize Spanish language immersion
• Build on the Spanish language vocabulary learned in kindergarten, adding insects, bodies, more numbers and additional greetings
• Where appropriate, integrate curriculum with core subjects

How we do it

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Viva el Español Learning System A is introduced
• Integration of Brighter Child National Standards-based curriculum
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Sequential learning: listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT 

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as acrylic painting on canvas and sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Grade 1 Music Course Offering

What we do

• Learn proper percussion instrument playing techniques
• Sing single melodies, matching pitch both in group and individually
• Connect to music through dance
• Identify the families of instruments in the orchestra by sight and sound
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Connect music and movement with classroom curriculum
• Write our own music, connecting musical rhythms to lyrics
• Use music and storytelling techniques to develop in-class performances

How we do it 

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening to and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Grade 1 Physical Education Course Offering

What we do

• Play age-appropriate games that focus on locomotor skills: galloping, jumping, hopping, side-sliding, leaping, and skipping
• Use equipment such as hula hoops, bean bags, balls, and jump ropes to learn tossing, striking, and catching
• Practice thorough movement skills incorporating spatial awareness
• Introduce concepts of fair play and cooperation

How we do it 

• Comprehensive program with a strong emphasis on fitness and fun through fundamentals
• Development of self-confidence to participate in various forms of physical activities
• Twice weekly participation in PE

Grade 2 Language Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Practice phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, spelling and vocabulary strategies, reading techniques and comprehension, grammar usage and mechanics, writing and penmanship
• Utilize leveled reading texts

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Daily 5, a framework that fosters literacy independence
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including expository writing, poetry and creative writing
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Read Well reading curriculum

Grade 2 Mathematics Course Offering

What we do

• Explore number concepts through 50 and addition and subtraction facts
• Learn about data, graphing, and probability
• Understand place value, number concepts, and patterns
• Employ regrouping with addition and subtraction, counting and using money
• Learn how to measure time on clock and calendar, length, weight, capacity, and temperature
• Computer science: coding

How we do it 

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps

Grade 2 Science Course Offering

What we do

• Explore modules about magnets, plants, matter, types of rocks, dinosaurs, and fossils, and nocturnal animals
• Foster a curiosity about the living world
• STEM: (PLTW) Materials Science: Properties of Matter

How we do it

• Materials Science: Properties of Matter, Materials Science: Form and Function, The Changing Earth, and Grids and Games.

Grade 2 Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Explore the theme of community  through visuals, mapping, experiential exercises, and problem-solving group work
• Explore topics of inquiry including “What is Community?” and “How do People Use the Environment?” as well as questions about goods, services, consumerism, leadership, citizenship, and individuals making a difference

How we do it 

• Social Studies Alive, a curriculum used to introduce students to the concept of self, family and community
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song) and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Grade 2 Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Utilize Spanish language immersion
• Begin to write in Spanish and practice greater depth in vocabulary and description
• Begin to emphasize key grammatical elements
• Employ the core components of reading, writing, speaking, and listening
• Follow themes and topics taught in second grade, where appropriate

How we do it

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Viva el Español learning system A is continued
• Integration of Brighter Child National Standards-based curriculum
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Sequential learning:  listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists, and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT 

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as acrylic painting on canvas and sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Grade 2 Music Course Offering

What we do

• Sing, matching pitch both in group and individually
• Begin to read music while playing percussion instruments properly
• Play multiple parts simultaneously within a song
• Connect music and movement to classroom curriculum
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Learn about composers and their music
• Connect to music through dance
• Write our own music, connecting musical rhythms to lyrics
• Use music and storytelling techniques to develop in-class performances

How we do it 

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening to and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Grade 2 Physical Education Course Offering

What we do

• Play a mixture of activities such as volleyball, rugby, basketball, and soccer
• Introduce concepts of fair play, cooperation, and safety
• Begin learning the rules of games and handling of disagreements

How we do it:

• Development of self-confidence to participate in various forms of physical activities
• Engagement in various cooperative games and activities
• Twice weekly participation in PE

Grade 3 Language Arts Course Offering

What we do 

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Instruct students in the areas of decoding, comprehension, inquiry, and investigation of meaningful literature
• Build communication skills and writing skills through structured activities in spelling, vocabulary, the writing process, writing conventions, grammar, speaking, listening, mechanics, and penmanship as well as computer skills
• Build oral language skills through individual and group presentations and persuasive speech writing and presentations

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Daily 5, a framework that fosters literacy independence
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including descriptive, procedural, poetry, report writing, recounts, and friendly letters
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Handwriting Without Tears
• Novels read include:  Tale of Despereaux and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Grade 3 Mathematics Course Offering

What we do

• Explore number sense:  place value and money, comparison, order and round numbers, counting coins and bills, and problem-solving
• Practice numbers and operations: addition and subtraction of whole numbers, estimations, multiplication, and division
• Learn to use fractions and decimals to compare, order, identify, add, and subtract
• Explore data and probability by collecting, organizing, and analyzing data
• Practice measurement of temperatures and time with calendars, using both customary and metric systems of measurement
• Introduce geometry: learn to identify and classify plane and solid figures, symmetry, perimeter, area, and volume
• Computer science: coding

How we do it 

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps

Grade 3 Science Course Offering

What we do

• Focus on the structures of life, the immune system, biomes, animal classification, whales, food chains, and tropical rainforests
• Explore physical science topics including states of matter, heat and sound energy, and simple machines
• Explore earth science topics including earth studies, volcanoes, earthquakes, the moon, constellations, water and rock cycle
• STEM: (PLTW) Stability and Motion: Science of Flight

How we do it 

• Stability and Motion: Science of Flight, Stability and Motion: Forces and Interactions, Variation of Traits, and Programming Patterns.

Grade 3 Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Physical & political geography and mapping skills
• Native American culture and tradition (past/present)
• Famous Americans
• National, religious and cultural holidays
• Branches of U.S. government
• Laws, rights, responsibilities, and citizenship

How we do it 

• Social Studies Alive, a curriculum used to introduce students to the concept of self, family, and community
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song), and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Grade 3 Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Spanish language immersion
• Deepen understanding through listening and speaking
• Focus is on writing sentences, putting together vocabulary learned to date to make complete thoughts
• Where appropriate, follow themes and topics taught in third grade

How we do it 

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Viva el Español learning system B continued from second grade
• Integration of Brighter Child National Standards-based curriculum
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Sequential learning: listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists, and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT 

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as acrylic painting on canvas and sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Grade 3 Music Course Offering

What we do

• Sing, matching pitch both in group and individually
• Sing in two-part harmony
• Read music while playing percussion instruments properly
• Begin learning how to play the recorder
• Connect music and movement to classroom curriculum
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Learn about composers and their music
• Connect to music through dance
• Write our own music, connecting musical rhythms to lyrics
• Use music and storytelling techniques to develop in-class performances

How we do it

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening to and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Grade 3 Physical Education Course Offering

What we do

• Develop specific skills such as passing, dribbling, shooting, and catching
• Understand fair play, cooperation, and safety
• Implement rules and strategies for handling disagreements

How we do it

• Comprehensive program with a strong emphasis on fitness and skill development by  increasing skill practice time
• Development of self-confidence to participate in various forms of physical activities
• Twice weekly participation in PE

Grade 4 Language Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Employ a three-part reading program: preparing to read, reading and response, and language arts concentrating on communication skills such as spelling, writing strategies, and grammar
• Develop critical thinking, inference skills, and comprehension skills

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Daily 5, a framework that fosters literacy independence
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including creative, narrative, persuasive and expository writing
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Novels read include: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, The City of Ember

Grade 4 Mathematics Course Offering

What we do

• Explore place value, comparing, ordering, and rounding whole numbers
• Work with money, fractions, decimals, number theory, averages, and algebraic reasoning
• Practice multi-digit multiplication and division
• Practice both customary and metric measurement, collecting and analyzing data in charts/graphs, plane figures, congruence, symmetry, and transformations of geometric figures
• Computer science: coding

How we do it 

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps
• Use of a differentiated curriculum wherein students are placed in the appropriate class based on their skill level; students may take 5th-grade math

Grade 4 Science Course Offering

What we do

• Explore modules about earth materials, magnetism and electricity, solar system, and solar cars
• Visit a live volcano: every other year the fourth and fifth grades culminate their study with a trip to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
• STEM: (PLTW) Energy: Collisions and Input/Output: Human Brain

How we do it

• Energy: Collisions, Energy: Conversion, Input/Output: Computer Systems, and Input/Output: Human Brain.

Grade 4 Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Focus on states, regions, and Hawaiian studies
• Explore themes including Understanding Regions, Exploring and Living in the East, Exploring and Living in the South, Exploring and Living in the Mid-West, Exploring and Living in the West, Here in the Americas and Beyond.
• Learn geography and map skills
• Examine Hawai’i’s history and culture

How we do it 

• Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions
• Hawaiians of Old text
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song), and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Grade 4 Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Spanish language immersion
• Listen, speak, read and write
• Emphasize grammar and increasing vocabulary
• Use workbooks to reinforce learning

How we do it

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Use of the textbook Realidades and accompanying materials
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Tests, quizzes, projects, and homework
• Sequential learning: listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists, and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT 

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as acrylic painting on canvas and sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Grade 4 Music Course Offering

What we do

• Sing, matching pitch both in group and individually
• Sing in two-part harmony
• Connect music and movement to classroom curriculum
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Learn about composers and their music
• Connect to music through dance
• Write our own music, connecting musical rhythms to lyrics
• Read music while playing percussion instruments and recorder properly
• Introduce world drumming
• Begin to learn to read chord charts and strumming patterns on the ukulele

How we do it 

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening to and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Grade 4 Physical Education Course Offering

What we do

• Develop specific skills such as trapping, throwing, lay-ups, and positioning
• Incorporate cooperative games and team building
• Emphasize fitness development, which includes warm-ups and stretching
• Practice fair play, cooperation, sportsmanship, and safety
• Employ rules, strategies, and handling arguments

How we do it 

• Practice time for manipulation of various equipment such as balls and rackets
• Activities and games
• Fitness assessments
• Twice weekly participation in PE

Grade 5 Language Arts Course Offering

What we do 

• Integrate technology with reading/writing apps
• Active reading of age-appropriate novels and interdisciplinary materials while practicing critical thinking skills and literary analysis
• Practice and expand spelling, vocabulary, and grammar

How we do it

• A balanced literacy program that uses a variety of enriching literature
• Read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading
• Writer’s Workshop used to develop skills in various genres including expository, poetry, and creative writing
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Novels read include: Sign of the Beaver and Blood on the River

Grade 5 Mathematics Course Offerings

What we do

• Practice measurement, graphing, and organizing data
• Work with fractions, decimals and percentages in the four basic operations
• Explore geometric and algebraic concepts
• Calculate ratio, proportion, and probability
• Computer science: coding

How we do it 

• Math in Focus 2015 (Houghton Mifflin), a curriculum that teaches concepts using a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression
• Technology integration using math apps
• Use of a differentiated curriculum wherein students are placed in the appropriate class based on their skill level; students may take Advanced Math

Advanced Math

What we do 

• Practice problem solving, number relationships, fractions and their operations, algebra, and integers
• Employ data analysis and statistics, ratios and proportions, percents and decimals, and geometry

How we do it

• Passport to Mathematics, a curriculum that allows students to experience mathematical relationships and strategies through the application of traditional algorithms and labs

Grade 5 Science Course Offering

What we do

• Focus on variables, levers and pulleys, the human body, and solar boats
• Visit a live volcano: every other year the fourth and fifth grades culminate their study with a trip to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
• STEM: (PLTW) Infection: Detection

How we do it 

• Robotics and Automation: Challenge, Infection: Detection, and Infection: Modeling and Simulation.

Grade 5 Social Studies Course Offering

What we do

• Explore themes including: Our Land and First People, Exploration and Settlement, The Thirteen Colonies, The American Revolution, The New Nation, The Civil War, and The Twentieth Century
• Practice geography and map skills

How we do it 

• Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: United States History
• Hawaiian studies, including culture, mele (song), and hula (dance), taught all year by kumu hula (Hawaiian studies teachers)

Grade 5 Spanish Course Offering

What we do

• Utilize Spanish language immersion
• Focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• Learn grammar: making negative statements, subject pronouns, comparisons and superlatives, regular present tense verbs, infinitives, use of adjectives, and expressing likes and dislikes
• Conduct research on Latin American celebrations, Hispanic Heritage, and geography

How we do it 

• Total Physical Response (TPR) used to teach Spanish at all levels
• Craft- and art-based experiential learning and cultural exploration
• Native speaker guest visits
• Use of Realidades textbook and workbook
• Sequential learning: listening, then speaking, and eventually writing and using correct Spanish grammar

Grades K-5 Visual Arts Course Offering

What we do

• Explore and become comfortable with as many media as possible
• Nurture each child’s sense of self through creative expression and development of skills that nurture multiple perspectives
• Explore, identify, analyze and apply the elements and principles of art while developing knowledge and appreciation of art history, genres, artists, and various media/materials

HOW WE DO IT 

• Drawing with crayon, marker, oil pastel
• Painting with tempera and watercolor as well as acrylic painting on canvas and sumi-e
• Collage
• Ceramic clay and glazing
• Printmaking
• Mixed media

Grade 5 Music Course Offering

What we do

• Sing, matching pitch both in group and individually
• Sing in three-part harmony
• Connect music and movement to classroom curriculum
• Listen purposefully to classical music
• Learn about composers and their music
• Connect to music through dance
• Learn to write music and connect it to lyrics
• Read music while playing percussion instruments, recorder and ukulele properly
• Develop world drumming skills
• Focus on creating musical ensembles

How we do it  

• Student-centered learning based on action and reflection
• Playing instruments, singing, and dancing
• Listening to and creating music
• Multi-arts approach to learning the elements of music and dance
• Arts integration offering artistic, social, and intellectual development through collaborative work utilizing instrumental and vocal music, creative movement, and dance genres

Grade 5 Physical Education Course Offering

What we do 

• Employ skills, rules, strategies, and sportsmanship playing various small group games and sports such as soccer, capture the flag, basketball, and volleyball
• Incorporate cooperative and team-building activities
• Emphasize fitness development, which includes warm-ups and stretching

How we do it 

• Practice time for manipulation of various equipment such as balls and rackets
• Individual, partner and  group activities
• Fitness assessments
• Twice weekly participation in PE
• Physical fitness testing